Azure artifacts

This artifact enables directory synchronization in the Azure portal. You’ll need your Azure AD global admin credentials to run this one. It must be done before you use Azure AD Connect to synchronize an on-premises AD DS with Azure AD.

Installs the Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant for IT Professionals RTW from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=286152 and then installs Azure AD PowerShell cmdlets from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=236297. Best to run with no one logged in.”

Windows artifacts

Adds a specified alternate UPN suffix to Active Directory Domains and Trusts and then assigns it to all users. Sets the users’ email address properties to use the new alternate UPN suffix. Don’t forget to Use this in preparation for synchronizing users to Azure AD.

Creates a custom Startup shortcut for bginfo from Sysinternals (by Mark Russinovich). Uses a custom config file (.bgi) co-located with bginfo.exe. IMPORTANT: This requires that the Sysinternals Artifact has been run first.

Installs and registers the AAD App Proxy Connector to enable a secure connection between applications inside your network and the Application Proxy & Azure. Only one installation is necessary to service all your published applications; a second connector can be installed for high availability purposes.

Performs base configurations on member servers: joins the specified domain, turns off IE advanced security, enables downloads from IE, creates a custom Startup shortcut for bginfo from Sysinternals (by Mark Russinovich) using a custom config file (.bgi) co-located with bginfo.exe, and then restarts the VM. IMPORTANT: This requires that the Sysinternals Artifact has been run first!

Performs base configurations on domain controller VMs: turns off IE advanced security, enables downloads from IE, installs Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in, creates a custom Startup shortcut for bginfo from Sysinternals (by Mark Russinovich) using a custom config file (.bgi) co-located with bginfo.exe, and then restarts the VM. Creates custom organizational units for ten business functional units, adds 1,000 ficticious user names (100 to each business unit OU), creates a security group in each OU that includes all members of that OU. Optionally, you can change all users’ UPN suffix and emali address properties to the suffix provided. Fictitious names courtesy of fakenamegenerator.com and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/. IMPORTANT: This requires that the Sysinternals Artifact has been run first!

Creates custom organizational units for ten business functional units, adds 1,000 ficticious user names (100 to each business unit OU), creates a security group in each OU that includes all members of that OU. Optionally, you can change all users’ UPN suffix and emali address properties to the suffix provided. Fictitious names courtesy of fakenamegenerator.com and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/.